COVID testing debacle hits home as Colorado residents wait hours in mile-long line caught on camera
Colorado recorded a record high 10,153 new cases on Monday, according to the CDC
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Colorado residents had to wait in a meandering COVID-19 testing line that stretched about a mile down a road and snaked through a parking lot in a Denver suburb on Wednesday, according to a video taken by Michele Fitzwilliam.
The state recorded a record high 10,153 new cases on Monday, while the 7-day average was 4,660 on Wednesday, according to CDC data.
(Michele Fitzwilliam/@Shellymonstr/TMX)
A woman told FOX 31 Denver that she had to wait over two hours for a test on Monday even though she showed up before the site opened.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"I came early," Crystal told the local news outlet after she received her test. "They opened at 9, and I showed up around like 8:40 … [the line] was like wrapped around, and I didn’t get in until 11."
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Colorado has been especially hit hard by omicron, as the new variant accounted for 91.18% of all new cases in the week that ended on Dec. 18, according to the latest data from the Colorado Department of Health.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Denver's testing struggles are just the latest example of strained capacity throughout the United States.
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Nationwide, there was a record high of 486,428 new cases on Wednesday, breaking the previous record of 453,519 on Monday.